I joined Gransnet in 2011 but under a different name to the one I use now. I remember most of those on the list. The first meet up I went to I remember Nandalot and Tegan attending along with, I think, BigBertha, among others. If I have that name wrong I apologise but I seem to remember the lady was a golfer and her username was golf related! Kittylester was to have attended but had to pull out at the last minute. I later attended York meet-ups regularly but after covid we never seemed to get them going again though I still keep contact with one poster. They were great fun.
My greatest sadness concerns one poster with whom I formed a particularly close tie. We met twice, distance and health issues precluding anything more than that but we just clicked straight away, and we were close friends for several years. That we both had a service background helped! Very sadly, she died in 2024. Her user name was NannaandGrampy. I’m sure many of you will remember her.
There are those on Gransnet with whom I have genuinely close friendships though the chances of us seeing each other again lessen with every passing year. Thank goodness for the internet. I’m sure it is the same for many others on here.
